Two area police departments have posted photographs on their Facebook pages of suspects in the recent thefts of metals from a barn and a business and an attempted house burglary.

While the cases in Webster and North Brookfield are unrelated, the suspects in each were caught on security cameras and police are hoping the images they've posted will prompt someone to turn them in. The crimes occurred earlier this month.

In North Brookfield, police wrote that two men, arriving in what appears from security camera photographs to be an older model white Chevrolet S-10 Blazer, knock on doors and if no one answers they attempt to break in.

If someone comes to the door, the men "state that they were responding to a request for chimney sweep service," North Brookfield police wrote.

In one instance they went into the barn of an elderly couple and stole metal items that police believe the suspected thieves thought were scrap. Police said one man distracts the residents if they are at home.

Webster police are also looking for a man who stole metal, hours after he went to a local business and asked if he could take scrap from the trash bin.

The man was told by employees at Cam's Oil Service Inc. that he could not have the items, but security footage shows he returned later that night and made off with the metal. An image is posted on the Webster Police Department's Facebook page.

That man was driving a dark-colored older model Dodge Ram pickup truck with an extended cab and aluminum rims. Police described him as 5 feet, 5 inches to 5 feet, 7 inches tall, and as either white or Hispanic with a stocky build.

Anyone with information about the Webster theft may call Officer Joseph Reed at (508) 943-1212 or email reedj@websterpolice.com.

Information about the North Brookfield case may be reported to the police department at (508) 867-0206 or via the department's Facebook page.